Ground-anchor.



J. WILCOX;

GROUND ANCHOR.

r m8 M P J m J JACOB WILGOX, 0F AMLIN, OHIO.

GROUND-ANCHOR.

Application filed .Tune 24, 1915.

To all to 7mm it may concern Be it known that I, JAcoB VVILCOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amlin, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ground-Anchors, of which the following is specification.

The object of this invention is to prov de a ground anchor of improved construction whereby its penetration is made easy and lts turning over in the ground facilitated.

The invention is embodied in the construction herein shown and set forth and finally claimed.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is an elevation showing the convex side of the device. Fig. 2. is a view showing the concave side. ig. 3 is an edge view. Fig. 4: an edge view showing the position of the parts after insertion in the ground. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section of the blade\ The penetrating end of the blade, as shown at 6, is made solid and is pointed like the penetrating end of a spear. Extending from said portion are two flat wings 7, 7, pointed and curved in the same direction. Generally, therefore, the blade may be said to have a convex side and a concave side. At its convex side the central portion of the blade is made longitudinally with a raised rib or thickening portion 8 that forms between the wings a semi-circular socket 9 having bottom 9 to receive the end of a driving implement 10. The upper half of the socket 9 is reduced in thickness to form a shoulder 11 and said portion is provided with a slot 9 open at its upper end to receive a headed pin 12 in the driving implement 10. The concave side of the blade is also thickened at the point and this thickened portion terminates in a shoulder 13 in a plane below the plane of the bottom of the socket.

At each side of the raised portion 8 of the blade there is made a slot or elongated opening, as seen at 14, 14, through which is passed the link member 15. The ends of this link 15 are provided with eyes through which an ordinary bolt 16 is passed to com plete the link. The main stay wire 17 is tied to the link as suggested in Fig. 1.

In practice the lower end of the link is shoved down against the shoulder 13 and Specification of Letters Patent.

. and a shoulder Patented Apr. 4., 1916. Serial No. 36,119.

held there during the driving operation by the driving rod and an embracing tongue 18 on the end of that slots 14, 1a, the link is held more nearly in line with the opening made by the point of the blade as it is forced through the earth. 11cm the anchor, with the stay wire attached, has been driven by the driving rod to the depth required, the rod is withdrawn and the stay wire pulled upward. The effect of this draft upon the stay wire is to cause the loop to move upward in the slots and by its stress against the concave side to deflect and turn the anchor over to a position like that illustrated in Fig. 4-.

The form of the parts can be varied without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A ground anchor consisting of an elongated body having a penetrating end and a deflecting end, a central socket to receive a driving implement extending longitudinally of the body, said body having a pair of longitudinally arranged slots on opposite sides of said socket to receive the loop of the tension wire and an enlarged portion on one face of the penetrating end terminating in a shoulder, the said shoulder being below the said socket to afi ord a seat for the end of said loop below the end of the driving implement when the latter is in driving position in the socket, substantially as described.

2. A ground anchor consisting of an elongated body having a penetrating end and a deflecting end, a central socket to receive a driving implement extending longitudinally of the body, said body having a pair of longitudinally arranged slots on opposite sides of said socket to receive the loop of the tension wire and an enlarged portion on each of the opposite faces of the penetrating end, one of the enlarged portions having a slot to receive a headed pin 'on the driving implement, and the other enlarged portion terminating in a shoulder, said shoulder being below the socket to afford a seat for the end of said loop below the end of the driving implement when the latter is in driving position in the socket, substantially as described.

JACOB WILCOX.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratents, Washington, D. 0.

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